Senior Engineer (Platform Engineering) in Manchester

About us: We've just had our tenth birthday, having grown from a little-known tech start-up into a community of 180 people, mostly based in Salford, Greater Manchester. Our name was chosen as an amalgamation of two Japanese words, to reflect our ethos: This principle applies to every aspect of our organisation from technology, process and infrastructure, through to people, culture and leadership. We work in an Agile-first environment that values transparency, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Focus on Quality: Active Collaboration: You'll work closely with Software Engineers, Delivery Leads, and Product Owners, helping to manage and maintain your own infrastructure. At Naimuri, we work on a variety of projects that range in length from a few weeks to 5+ years. Here are some things we've worked on recently that give a sense of the work we do:

• Building a data analytics tool using a Neo4J graph database.
• A DevOps platform to support 3000 users.
• Processing digital forensic data to enable search and insight generation.
• A custom workflow tool using Camunda, with a React/TS front-end.
• An AI assurance capability.
• Orchestrating a data pipeline and designing specialist metrics for the evaluation of the performance of LLMs in different contexts.

As a Platform Engineer at Naimuri, you will be a key enabler for your team, driving efficiency and applying in-depth knowledge to complex platform challenges. You will work on large tasks and projects, acting as a technical leader and mentor. Drive the implementation of complex platform features and projects, taking full ownership from design to production. Deliver reusable infrastructure modules and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines (using tools like GitLab or other DevOps platforms) to support consistent and secure deployments. Proactively monitor, troubleshoot, and continuously improve platform environments using appropriate logging, monitoring, and analytics tools. Role-Based Access Control, policies, and cost control measures, supporting identity, access management, and vulnerability management, enabling AI/ML or hybrid connectivity.

You enjoy breaking down large, ambiguous problems into concrete, deliverable steps. You are comfortable considering the 'big picture,' including cost-efficiency, scalability, and performance in your designs.

This might not be the role for you if: You prefer a well-defined ticket queue where you can focus purely on implementation.

A full-time working week is 37.5 hours and you have flexibility over when you give that time. We also offer part-time working which can be discussed during the recruitment process. Our core hours are 10:00am - 3:00pm and our office is open between 7:30 - 18:00, Monday to Friday. Most teams have agreed 'in office' days to enable collaboration. Depending on the project, you may also be required to travel to a local customer site or occasionally to other locations in the UK.

Flexible/Hybrid working options, Performance bonus, Company bonus, Pension matched 1.5x up to 10.5%, AXA group 1 medical cover, Holiday purchase/buy-back scheme, Cycle to work scheme, Car benefit scheme.

Recruitment Process: We are committed to building an inclusive, safe and supportive environment that allows everyone to do their best work, so we strongly encourage candidates of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. To help you prepare, our recruitment team will be happy to discuss the process in more detail with you when you apply.